• Clue #5: Dealmakers know how they will manage and​ improve a​ property for​ profitability and​ increased equity. During their due diligence, one of​ their major focuses is​ on anticipated costs so they can factor them into their plans.

• Clue #6: a​ dealmaker knows it​ is​ vitally important to​ examine a​ property’s trend of​ operations over several years, rather than looking at​ just the​ current financial statements. This affords them a​ longer term perspective, once the​ anomalies have been filtered out.